Working With Control Paths; Table 7 Control Path Assignment During Partition Creation - Quantum Scalar i500 User Manual

Working With Control Paths

Table 7 Control Path
Assignment During Partition
Creation
And the
If the library partition
contains: contains:
No FC I/O Any
blades combination
of tape drive
interface types
(SCSI, FC, or
SAS)
One or more At least one
FC I/O blades FC tape drive
One or more No FC tape
FC I/O blades drives
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The control path tape drive is used to connect partition to a host
application.
The library automatically assigns control paths when you set up
partitions. You can modify the control path at any time.
how these control paths are assigned and how to change them.
Then the
default
control path
for the
partition is:
The first tape
drive assigned
to the partition
The FC I/O
blade
The first tape
drive assigned
to the partition
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If you want to change the control path, note the
following:
You must select a tape drive as the control path.
It is recommended that you allow the FC I/O
blade to be the control path for the partition.
(You can select a tape drive as control path if the
tape drive is not connected to an FC I/O blade;
however, your host will end up seeing multiple
medium changers. In addition, using the FC I/O
blade as the control path allows you to utilize the
LUN mapping and host port failover features.)
You must select a tape drive as the control path.
Working With Control Paths
Table 7 describes
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